Benny Walker Charitable Trust

Analysis

Benny Walker Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cockermouth. It was registered in May 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Benny Walker Charitable Trust reported income of £225k and spending of £2.8m, spending 1225% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £375k to £225k (-40%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 2666%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Benny Walker Charitable Trust sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Botcherby Community Association (£225k), Flowers Band (£225k) and The Gloucestershire Resource Centre Limited (£225k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.